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Historical Event on 5/25/1961
Woorkeri Venkar Raman, left-hand batsman and slow-spin bowler, was born in Madras.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/4/2000 | A. B. Vajpayee, Prime Minister, inaugurates Samvidhan.com, a website about the Constitution. The site is a part of the Hindi portal, Webdunia.com. |
| 2/24/1995 | A full Bench comprising Chief Justice M.M. Pareed Pillai, TV Ramakrishna and P. Shanmugam of the Kerala High Court quashed the words ""incestuous adultery"", ""adultery coupled with cruelty"" and ""adultery coupled with desertion"" contained in Section 10 of Indian (Christian) Divorce Act. |
| 1/29/1994 | Air India and Indian Airlines converted into companies. |
| 6/21/1988 | Sikh activist bombers kill 30 in Amritsar. |
| 7/31/1993 | K. Vijaya Rama Rao became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 31/07/96). |
| 7/11/1979 | The Lok Sabha commenced a four-day debate on the no-confidence motion against the 21-month-old Janata Government. |
| 9/8/1965 | Pakistan commenced its drive into the Indian Punjab using its 1-armoured division with the aim to foreclose India's options north of the Beas-Sutlej river line, after foiling the southern most divisional attack mounted by 4-Mountain Division. |
| 11/14/1967 | Saba Karim, Indian ODI wicket-keeper 1997, was born. |
| 10/28/1984 | Federal agents early this morning caught Guru Shree Rajneesh trying to flee the country. Rajneesh was charged with violating immigration laws and arranging phoney marriages for his cult members. The religious leader was nabbed at Charlotte, North Carolina airport when his jet, bound for Bermuda, touched down for re-fueling. The Bhagwan ran a commune of about 1,500 people in Oregon. Thousands more cult members live in Rajneesh's native land India and other countries. He knew the federal government had no faith in him after his chief adviser, a woman named Ma Anand Sheela, was arrested in West Germany for several minor offenses. Rajneesh appeared in court on this date clad in a lavender robe. |
| 5/11/1999 | Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: The Supreme Court confirmed the death sentence on four of the 26 accused, life imprisionment to three and acquitted the remaining 19 people. |
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